“Berkeley Lecture Series” presents:
A talk by Dr. Freshteh Davaran
Topic: “Status of Women in Pre-Islamic Iran”
Dr. Freshteh Davaran has a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies. She has taught Persian Language and Near Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley, De Anza College and Diablo Valley College. She has translated “Daisy Miller” and “The Europeans” by Henry James and “Herzog” by Saul Bellow and is the author of numerous articles in Persian and English. Dr. Davaran’s presentation will be based on her thesis “Continuity in Iranian Identity: A Study of Andarz and Adab”.
Date: Sunday Oct 9, 2005
Time: 6:00 P.M.
Place: 110 Barrows Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Lecture in English (Q&A in English and Persian)